Tonya shared her Wii and some of us had fun playing tennis
We discussed options for using the iPod in a car:
fm modulator
casette adaptor
Tammy shared that most American airplanes have power adapters, but not in all seats -- go to www.seatguru.com to see where they are. To read more go to Tammy's website: http://www.tammyworcester.com and go to the Odds & Ends area.
MP3 players
- UltraHydra 1 gig with voice recorder and fm radio
- Scandisk - 1 gig with voice recorder and fm radio
Places to buy "toys"
www.quill.com
www.eforceit.com
www.handhelditems.com
Microphone
- usb microphone
- snowball
- www.sweetwater.com
- teachers recording class and podcasting for absent students and / or for review for tests
Headphones
- Sony noise cancelling earbuds
Announcements:
Student technology fair in Manhattan
- Kansas Student Leadership Competition - April 11
- http://www.taken.org/kstl/
May 31 & June 1 - Thursday & Friday
- ESSDACK Conference in Wichita at Old Town
- Free to ESSDACK member schools
- Vendor reception on Thursday afternoon
Summer MACE
- Bonner Springs
- July 26 & 27
Digital Photography Projects
presented by Smoke
http://www.outsidemywindow.org
- create own stamps
- postcard projects
- looking for volunteers to organize a valentine exchange - Becky and Shannon???
- if interested in having kids involved, let Becky know
Project idea:
- students use TuxPaint to draw
- use Publisher or Word to create greeting card using their drawing
- design stamp
- join exchange and send cards
Tuanua shared:
- student-created pictures
- collage using Picassa and PowerPoint
- put pictures in WordArt
Cindi shared:
- Have students create their own "Find 5 things that are different" between two pictures
Poetry with digital photography
- self portrait poem with pictures
- my hair is blonde like the sand...
- my hands are like a ....
- my eyes are like a ...
- my expression is like...
Jon shared:
- Photography students created collage that tells a story
- Students trade collages
- Partner writes story based on the collage
- Did the picture and the writings tell the same story???
Jaye:
- Take pictures of mechanical process so students can review
- Teachers take pictures of buletin boards so they can redo the next year
- Take freeze-frame pictures that retell a story such as Little Red Riding Hood
Management ideas:
- Mobile digital camera lab
- All teachers have own memory card, reader, and battery to make it easier to share cameras
Picassa
- Take photo of students
- Tint photos and save in four colors
- Put together into Andy Warhol - type picture
Color printer issues
- money for ink cartridges
- work with PTAs
- teach parents the skills
- parents can help in the classroom and can organize the fundraiser
- Christmas Cards
- Valentine's Day
- Grandparent's Day
- do fundrasing make-it-take-it night
- use proceeds to buy ink and supplies for classroom
Judy:
- Your favorite color
- Students take camera home and take pictures of things of their favorite color
- Students crop and add borders and practice editing
- Posted on website
Free image tools vs. Photoshop?
- most are using free at elementary level
- high school specific classes (photography,journalism, etc.) classes use Photoshop
Jalbum
- http://jalbum.net/
- download and install
- choose image folder
- make choices for appearance, background, style, etc.
- click "Make album"
- creates html page!
Picassa Web Albums
- need a Google login
- Select folder
- Click "Web Album" button
- choose whether you want it to be listed or not
- automatically converts to proper size
- can share album - will send email with link - viewers can view without a google login
- can add a caption
- can order prints
Dean:
the Gimp 2.2
- http://www.gimp.org/
- photo editing tools similar to PhotoShop
- online tutorials
Christmas goodies:
Charlie shared the iPaq
Tonya shared her Wii and some of us had fun playing tennis
We discussed options for using the iPod in a car:
fm modulator
casette adaptor
Tammy shared that most American airplanes have power adapters, but not in all seats -- go to www.seatguru.com to see where they are. To read more go to Tammy's website: http://www.tammyworcester.com and go to the Odds & Ends area.
MP3 players
- UltraHydra 1 gig with voice recorder and fm radio
- Scandisk - 1 gig with voice recorder and fm radio
Sites for FREE audiobooks
http://librivox.org/
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_Audio_Books_Project
http://soundportraits.org/
http://storynory.com
http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/
http://www.karaditales.com/
http://www.bmw-audiobooks.com/
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php
http://www.fox.com/foxcast/
Places to buy "toys"
www.quill.com
www.eforceit.com
www.handhelditems.com
Microphone
- usb microphone
- snowball
- www.sweetwater.com
- teachers recording class and podcasting for absent students and / or for review for tests
Headphones
- Sony noise cancelling earbuds
Announcements:
Student technology fair in Manhattan- Kansas Student Leadership Competition - April 11
- http://www.taken.org/kstl/
May 31 & June 1 - Thursday & Friday
- ESSDACK Conference in Wichita at Old Town
- Free to ESSDACK member schools
- Vendor reception on Thursday afternoon
Summer MACE
- Bonner Springs
- July 26 & 27
Digital Photography Projects
presented by Smokehttp://www.outsidemywindow.org
- create own stamps
- postcard projects
- looking for volunteers to organize a valentine exchange - Becky and Shannon???
- if interested in having kids involved, let Becky know
Project idea:
- students use TuxPaint to draw
- use Publisher or Word to create greeting card using their drawing
- design stamp
- join exchange and send cards
Adobe Digital Kids Club
- http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/
- scan doily and put picture in center
http://www.olejarz.com/arted/imaging03/index.html
Digital picture ideas from Harold Olejarz, Art teacher (Photoshop Elements and Photoshop ideas)
Diorama
- students take picture of self; print; cut and put into diorama or other 3 dimensional scenes
http://drscavanaugh.org/digitalcamera/diorama/diorama_panorama.htm
Art project
- take picture of kids doing different actions (swinging)
- print; cut out; students draw the appropriate background and props (swingset)
Parts of speech
- kids take pictures of all eight parts of speech
- print and then categorize
- it's a car -- no, it's red!
Kodak
-http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=9998/9933&pq-locale=en_US
- kids pictures on magnets -- use to build graphs
- pictures for sequencing (for younger kids)
Education World list of ideas
- http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech/tech148.shtml - pictures of shapes for tessellations, symmetry, etc
Canon
- http://www.canonprintplanet.com/kids.shtml
- Template for Photo crafts to use in the classroom
Tuanua shared:
- student-created pictures
- collage using Picassa and PowerPoint
- put pictures in WordArt
Cindi shared:
- Have students create their own "Find 5 things that are different" between two pictures
Poetry with digital photography
- self portrait poem with pictures
- my hair is blonde like the sand...
- my hands are like a ....
- my eyes are like a ...
- my expression is like...
Jon shared:
- Photography students created collage that tells a story
- Students trade collages
- Partner writes story based on the collage
- Did the picture and the writings tell the same story???
Jaye:
- Take pictures of mechanical process so students can review
- Teachers take pictures of buletin boards so they can redo the next year
- Take freeze-frame pictures that retell a story such as Little Red Riding Hood
Management ideas:
- Mobile digital camera lab
- All teachers have own memory card, reader, and battery to make it easier to share cameras
Picassa
- Take photo of students
- Tint photos and save in four colors
- Put together into Andy Warhol - type picture
Color printer issues
- money for ink cartridges
- work with PTAs
- teach parents the skills
- parents can help in the classroom and can organize the fundraiser
- Christmas Cards
- Valentine's Day
- Grandparent's Day
- do fundrasing make-it-take-it night
- use proceeds to buy ink and supplies for classroom
Judy:
- Your favorite color
- Students take camera home and take pictures of things of their favorite color
- Students crop and add borders and practice editing
- Posted on website
Free image tools vs. Photoshop?
- most are using free at elementary level
- high school specific classes (photography,journalism, etc.) classes use Photoshop
Jalbum
- http://jalbum.net/
- download and install
- choose image folder
- make choices for appearance, background, style, etc.
- click "Make album"
- creates html page!
Picassa Web Albums
- need a Google login
- Select folder
- Click "Web Album" button
- choose whether you want it to be listed or not
- automatically converts to proper size
- can share album - will send email with link - viewers can view without a google login
- can add a caption
- can order prints
Dean:
the Gimp 2.2
- http://www.gimp.org/
- photo editing tools similar to PhotoShop
- online tutorials
Dwayne:
PhotoStory
- for PC only
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